The structure of drug trafficking mafias: the ‘Ndrangheta and cocaine

The paper analyses the social organization of two drug trafficking mafia groups. The groups belonged to the 'Ndrangheta, a mafia from Calabria, a Southern Italian region. Based on judicial sources, multiple linked analyses examine the tasks, statuses and social network structures of the two gro...

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Main Author: Calderoni, Francesco (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2012
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2012, Volume: 58, Issue: 3, Pages: 321-349
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Keywords:
Betweenness Centrality
Cocaine
Criminal Activity
Criminal Organization
Drug Trafficking

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